in the pocket of (someone)
idiom
disapproving
: under someone's control or influence
researchers/scientists who are in the pocket of pharmaceutical companies
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Medina was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon for brass knuckles found in the pocket of the pink plastic bag in which the puppies nearly died, police said.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
More importantly, does this put Questlove in the pocket of Big Toy?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
Presumably, the new principal is in the pocket of Ri-an’s mother too, which lends a kind of futility to much of what happened in Season 1.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 7 June 2024
Happy and indulgent with twenty dollars in the pocket of my jeans.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
Trump and his allies have branded the case a witch hunt, a selective prosecution brought by a Democratic district attorney in the pocket of George Soros, boogeyman of the right.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Police also found a rifle round in the pocket of a man’s jacket in the master bedroom closet.
—The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
Norm Miller, real estate professor at the University of San Diego, said a drop in commissions — to 3 percent to 4 percent — would mean more money in the pocket of buyers and sellers.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
She’s accused those with lucrative stock portfolios of being in the pocket of Wall Street.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
More importantly, does this put Questlove in the pocket of Big Toy?
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
Presumably, the new principal is in the pocket of Ri-an’s mother too, which lends a kind of futility to much of what happened in Season 1.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 7 June 2024
Happy and indulgent with twenty dollars in the pocket of my jeans.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
Trump and his allies have branded the case a witch hunt, a selective prosecution brought by a Democratic district attorney in the pocket of George Soros, boogeyman of the right.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Police also found a rifle round in the pocket of a man’s jacket in the master bedroom closet.
—The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
Norm Miller, real estate professor at the University of San Diego, said a drop in commissions — to 3 percent to 4 percent — would mean more money in the pocket of buyers and sellers.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
She’s accused those with lucrative stock portfolios of being in the pocket of Wall Street.
—Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
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